A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 24%
2.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Serres-sur-Arget had 819 residents in 380 households at the 2023 census. Couples with children: 20% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Serres-sur-Arget
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Serres-sur-Arget, 24% of its 570 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Serres-sur-Arget’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 6.3%, a lower share than 93% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
In Serres-sur-Arget, nearly one in ten homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 6.1% here.
A +5% change since 2012: slower than 50% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The median Ariège town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −12% and the next six +19%.
Only 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Serres-sur-Arget
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Serres-sur-Arget 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 51.5, Serres-sur-Arget is older than 88% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
42% of households are one person living alone, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Serres-sur-Arget, 7.9% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Each household has 2 people on average.
Median standard of living: €23,840 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,840 a year: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.2% in Serres-sur-Arget, less than in 81% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a retired person: 36%, above two thirds of compared French towns. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.6% of residents in Serres-sur-Arget are immigrants
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.6%). Foreign nationals make up 4.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 85% of compared French towns: 37%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The share of single residents tops 76% of compared French towns: 30%. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Serres-sur-Arget
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Serres-sur-Arget is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serres-sur-Arget | 51.5 | 26% | 24% | 5.6% |
| Foix 9,934 · 4.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 8.1 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 9.4 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 9.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 11.6 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 11.8 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Serres-sur-Arget
What is the population of Serres-sur-Arget?
819 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (782).
How old are Serres-sur-Arget’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Serres-sur-Arget?
140, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Serres-sur-Arget?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Serres-sur-Arget?
€23,840 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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